Now that’s what I call racing
Gary McKenzie on yesterday’s impressive action from day two Glorious Goodwood It was billed as the race of the season and it did not disappoint. The Sussex Stakes has produced some great finishes in...
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Stradivarius has that extra something
Gary McKenzie on a classic Stradivarius performance What a horse Stradivarius must be. Four Goodwood Cups to go with his three Gold Cups and now an Arc bid. He looked, briefly, as if he...
It will be glorious
Gary McKenzie looks at five days of glorious racing Even though my visits to Goodwood have borne little fruit financially I still think it is one of the best places to watch racing. The views...
Bloodlines
Gary McKenzie on the importance of bloodlines Oxted emulated his sire Mayson when winning the July Cup last weekend. His grand sire was Choisir who was second behind top sprinter Oasis Dream in this...
All hail Aiden, King of Epsom
Gary McKenzie on a Derby that’s going to be hard to forget The Derby is always memorable. And this year’s renewal will be hard to forget. The winner was a five lengths victor yet...
Royal Ascot 2020 – great races, great horses
Gary McKenzie look back at a Royal Ascot that produced great races for great horses I could be inviting some criticism here but I did not miss the fashion segments at Royal Ascot last...
Gary McKenzie’s Tote 10 to Follow stable
Gary McKenzie runs through the horses in his Tote 10 to Follow competition Once again I am trying to predict the future. And it is even more difficult this season what with the lack...
Gary McKenzie’s Top 10 Flat Racehorses
Gary McKenzie’s top 10 Flat racehorses I will say this before I start. I would be surprised if anyone has the same top 10 Flat racehorses as me and absolutely amazed if they had them...
What might have been
Gary McKenzie follows up his look at horses who were not quite good enough to achieve greatness, with those horses whose promising careers were cut short I am going to start with a couple...
Never the bride – the very good horses who never hit greatness
Never the bride – Gary McKenzie on the very good horses who never quite hit greatness There will always be debate about who would win in an imaginary race between legends from different generations...